it is not an impeachable event. perhaps so, but read the transcript. there is no quid pro quo. >> in three new polls out over the weekend nearly half of americans say they support impeaching and removing president trump from office. according to a new nbc news wall street journal poll 53% of americans say they approve of the house's impeachment inquiry into president trump. 44%ads they disapprove of the probe. and almost 49% said trump should be impeached and ultimately removed from office. that is up 6 points since the beginning of october. down 3 in that same time period. in the latest fox news poll, 49% also agreed that trump should be impeached and removed from office. that is down two points from early last month. 45% disagreed. up two points. and over half polled, 52% called the inquiry legitimate investigation into an important issue. and 39% said it is a bogus attempt to undermine trump's presidency. in the newest washington poll, abc news poll, excuse me,

"washington post"/anbc news pol 49% said president trump should be impeached and removed from office and 47 opposed. it broken down by party lines. 18% of republicans and 47% of independents and 82% among democrats. so president trump dismissed the new polling on impeachment, when pressed by reporters at the white house yesterday afternoon. >> mr. president, according to several recent polls, more americans want you to be impeached and removed from office -- >> you're reading the wrong polls. you're reading, let me just tell you -- >> the paup. >> "washington post." >> the cnn polls are fake. and the fox news are fake. i tell them they should get a new pollster. you look at the polls that came out this morning, people don't want anything to do with impeachment. it is a phony scam. it's a hoax. >> during a whip around the

sunday talk shows, white house counselor kellyanne conway says she does not know whether or not the president held up aid to ukraine in order to investigate former vice president joe biden. >> was there a time when military aid was held up because the president wanted ukraine to look into the bidens. >> i don't know. but i know they've got their aid. >> but it is possible. >> here's what is absolutely unimpeachbly true, ukraine got aid and more from the previous administration. >> the ukrainian president said he had no idea it was held up. he felt no pressure. >> being pressed further. >> top foreign policy officials for this president have testified about repeated incidents where they saw that support for ukraine was dependent on ukraine investigating the bidens. isn't that the definition of a

quid pro quo? >> the fact is that ukraine has that aid. they're using that aid as we sit here. under president obama, they got blankets, that is important. >> the way the aid was withheld, until -- >> the ukrainian president said he had no idea the aid was withheld. >> let's just say that president trump did condition, giving the military aid, withheld it and said it will be given out, only if you investigate joe biden. is that an impeachable offense? >> you're giving me, is it a high crime and misdemeanor, i wouldn't think so. but you are giving me a hypothetical. >> joining us now, white house and washington reporter for "politico," daniel litman and joins us on the set msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. great to have both of you with us. danny, let me begin with you if i may. the impeachment inquiry ramping up against this week and you expect to see some folks from

the omb dragged in front of this. they say they will defy the subpoena. and the "washington post" is saying it is kind of a little bit of favor with the president. what happens if the director, or one of the senior members of the omb actually ignores this subpoena, and does no go through. >> congress has three tools, and we have heard a lot of them. criminal contempt. civil contempt. and inherent contempt. wer theoretically they ask the sergeant of arms of congress to physically arrest the person and bring them before congress. it is not a realistic option with the president. it might be with individual members of the executive branch. but criminal contempt takes time. civil contempt takes time. criminal contempt, the crazy thing about it, the statute says that in order to enforce criminal contempt, you know who has to enforce it, the d.o.j., part of the executive branch and the d.o.j. takes the position if they don't feel like charging someone with criminal contempt they woe don't it.

so congress may have all of this power to subpoena but really no functional enforcement mechanism. >> wow. >> it will land on the d.o.j.'s desk. >> it could. >> let's tick through some of the pros, daniel we were laying out earlier, woulder have this nbc news "the wall street journal" poll, 53% of americans approving of the impeachment inquiry, the fox news poll 49% agreeing that trump should be impeached and removed from office and the "washington post"/abc news poll saying 49% of americans say president trump should be impeach and removed broken down by party, 18% of republicans and 47 of independents and 82 of democrats. what do you make of the latest polling, and especially the president is very quick to dismiss them? >> well, not a huge surprise that trump is not happy with these poll numbers. but i think it just shows that the five weeks of private depositions which have leaked out, that they've proved really damaging to trump's case here.

and you have mick mulvaney, two weeks ago, saying well, there was a quid pro quo. basically confirming this inquiry's whole investigative point. so it is kind of hard for republicans to mount a serious defense of trump's behavior here. they have really been talking about the process. and now democrats are going to open up the process to public hearings soon to try to mollify some republican concerns. >> there is a suggestion that some republicans are saying hey, you know what, maybe it is better to say, there was a quid pro quo, big deal, there was no criminal act. there was no -- >> that is not an impeachable offense. >> not an impeachable offense. >> what do you think of that? even though the president himself has kind of contradicted himself in that same way in the way he treated it, saying it is an unimpeachable event. >> it is not a bad defense. in foreign policy, there are often many different quid pro quos. and in criminal law, the quid

pro quo is only unlawful if it is for a corrupt purpose. and an improper purpose. so this for that. and exchange of thing happens all the time. every day. in almost every business transaction. where it goes wrong, at least in the criminal context, is when a government official or someone affiliated with government money, gives some of that official work or power or something, some kind of benefit, in exchange for something that personally benefits the official. that's the traditional idea of -- >> and a political opponent, for example. >> that is exactly an example. but a good reason would be, hey, there's this corruption in ukraine that's damaging the united states, and therefore, we're asking you to go after corruption generally. or -- >> that's not what happened here. you're laying out is what actually seems as if what happened. >> if for example, the bidens, hunter biden and burisma opposed some existential threat to the united states, then the quid pro

quo would be lawful. and that's where i think trump ultimately loses. because he's going to have to be able to argue that these particular people who just so happen to be his political opponents are the ones that pose the most important threat for ukraine to investigate. . that's a difficult sell. >> daniel, i know you wrote about president trump's obsession with the media coverage. surrounding the impeachment inquiry. he has had a general obsession with media coverage throughout his entire time as president so far. but what did you learn specifically about this? >> well, i learned that while he is consuming this coverage ravenously, he thinks that the house democratic inquiry should get no media coverage at all. because he's released his transcript, and also that these private depositions should not be leaking. that they should not be, you know, getting into the public square. but at the same time, he's very downcast at the, you know, his

media coverage. he often says almost every day, we're getting f 'ing killed, so for a guy who really values his perception in the media, he is pretty negative and down trodden when he watches television and reads the papers, and he is probably still reading "the new york times" and "washington post," even though they made a big huff and puff about canceling subscriptions. >> daniel in dc, thank you, we will talk to you in a little bit. and a big shot out to our buddy danny cevallos here. >> glad to be here, always. hundreds of pages of documents of robert mueller's special investigation were released over the weekend saying that paul manafort pushed behind ukraine was behind the hacking of the dnc servers in the 2016 election. the newly released documents come after buzz feed sued the justice department for the mueller interview witness notes that included sum ris of

investigations of several prominent figures of the probe. according to the summary of one of the interview, et deputy campaign chairman rick gates told investigators manafort quote speculated about ukraine's responsibility as they sought to gain access to stolen democratic emails that wikileaks had in 2016. the unsupported theory, well, it was advanced by president trump even after he took office and served as a catalyst for the ongoing impeachment inquiry consuming the white house. according to buzz feed, as part of the court order, the justice department will look at installments of the monthly note force the next eight years. for the next eight year, we will be seeing the mueller probe. >> a long decade. >> pretty much. 2020 candidate himself, mayor pete buttigieg, tries to walk back comments that he made about the fight for the democratic nomination, saying something along the lines they were shaping up to be a two-way race. >> another democratic white house hopeful drops out of the 2020 race. what president trump is saying

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welcome back. 2020 candidate pete buttigieg is walking back his claim he is in a two person race with senator elizabeth warren in the crowded democratic field. in a clip for the circus on show time released on friday, south bend mayor suggested that he sees himself and warren as the two front-runners. >> i think this is getting to be a two-way. it is early to say. i'm not saying it is a two-way. but i think if you see, it is coming into focus -- >> you are one. >> in certainly a world where we're getting somewhere, is that world, where it is coming down to the two of us. obviously there is a lot of candidates and a lot of things going to happen, but i think as that happen, the contrast becomes clear. look, the contrasts are real. there's substantive respectful policy contrasts but they're

real. >> buttigieg tried to clarify comments with reporters, saying he is excited about the strong competition within the democratic field. >> i don't remember the exact context, i think i was getting pulled into the kind of scenario but the bottom line this is a really strong competition among really strong campaigns, and i don't think there has ever been a primary or an election year that has had this much at stake in my lifetime, and we're putting forward both who we are, what we care about, our different styles and differences in policies and i think the policy differences are become are more clear as we go and that is part of what is sharpening the conversation. it is a healthy thing. >> buttigieg had been climbing in the polls following a strong performance at the october debate, but still sits around fourth place in the most recent polls behind joe biden and warren and bernie sanders and mayor pete buttigieg joins "morning joe" this morning. >> and beto o'rourke has ended his 2020 presidential campaign

after announcing he does not have the finances or the man power to move forward successfully. in a statement friday, the texas democrat said this, though it is difficult to accept, it is clear to me now that this campaign does not have the means to move forward successfully. my service to the country will not be as a candidate or as the nominee. acknowledging this now is in the best interest of those in the campaign. it is in the best interests of this party, as we seek to unify around a nominee. and it is in the best interests of the country. o'rourke had a strong start to his presidential race, claiming he was quote, born to be in it. and often polled among the top candidates but he had a difficult time maintaining that momentum. only raising $4.5 million in the last quarter. he had not yet qualified for the november debate. as you can imagine, president trump weighed in on the news at a rally in mississippi on friday. just after the news broke. >> oh, did you hear, beto, beto, did you hear, beto, beto, that

poor bastard, poor pathetic guy. he was pathetic. the arms are flailing. remember that? i noticed he was flailing with the arms and he was standing on tables, he was standing on countertops. i said does he ever like stand on the floor and speak? but he's waving his arms and going crazy. and i said what the hell is he doing? what is he on? and you remember, he made the statement that he was born for this. anybody that says he was born for this, they're in trouble. he was a nasty guy. but he had a couple of policies that don't work well in the state of texas, right? he's against religion. he was against you having a gun. and he was against oil. so you come from texas, you

don't like religion, you don't like oil, and due like guns, i don't know, that's not a good combination in the state of texas. >> okay, coming up, president trump has pushed for a big beautiful wall, along the southern border, but now, he's downplaying reports that smugglers are cutting through new sections. that story and much more coming up. that story and much more com up woman: i'm here, and suddenly my migraine takes me somewhere else, where there's pain and nausea. but excedrin pulls me back in a way others don't. and it relieves my symptoms fast for real migraine relief. and it relieves my symptoms fast a lot will happen in your life. wrinkles just won't. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair's derm-proven retinol works so fast, it takes only one week to reveal younger looking skin. neutrogena® wow! giving one. how did you guys...? >>don't ask. the lexus december to rembember sales event get 0 percent apr for 60 months on all 2019 models.

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sections of trump's new border wall by using saws and other tools to get drugs to the other side. smugglers are using a cordless tool known as a reciprocating saw that sells at hardware stores for as little as $100 and when you fit it with specialized blades it can slight through steel and concrete barriers within minutes. when asked if he was concerned that people were able to cut through the border wall he has been touting for so long, this was the president's response. >> i haven't heard that. we have a very powerful wall. but no matter how powerful, you can cut through anything. in all fairness. but we have a lot of people watching. and you know, cutting is one thing. but it's easily fixed. one of the reasons we did it the way we did it, it is very easily fixed. to put the junk back in. but we have a very powerful win. you can cut through any wall, as you know. >> sounds a little bit different than what he said before. >> yes. >> on the campaign trail. >> i want to build a big

beautiful wall that nothing can get through. >> impenetrable. >> good morning. >> good morning, welcome to november. the weather is changing quickly. we are over fall for the northern plains for the midwest and northeast, you are next. we are waking up to temperatures, the coldest of the season so far in the 30s and 40s. and that has sparked up these frost advisories and freeze warnings across the carolinas, and into new york city, these will start to expire around 9:00 a.m. but many of you waking up to frosty conditions on your car, so give yourself a little bit of extra time, temperatures ble t below the freezing mark in parts of pennsylvania. we will slowly warm up throughout the day. the big weather story is we have this series of fronts that are going to impact you today for the midwest, across the great lakes, and daytime highs are really going to continue to fall. detroit by tomorrow, only a high of 44. so that's ten to 15 degrees

below average, and that same front will impact the northeast by tomorrow. and it will transition into more rain, by your evening commute. but we're also going to see the winds really picking up. in the next 24 to 36 hours. so looking farther ahead, it is a pretty quiet weather day, but the big story is we have the front that's going to really clash with the storm system out of the south. look at this. this is our first big snowfall for the northeast. the accumulation will continue to change. in the next two to three days. but this is significant snow. we're talking about the higher elevations, to albany, up to six to eight inches. new york city, you better have the winter coat. really heavy here. because we're going to see at least one to two inches in the forecast by friday afternoon into essentially this weekend. >> that came fast. thank you, appreciate that. we want to give a quick shout-out to meteorologist bill

karins who is off today after running the new york city marathon. >> he didn't want to limp into the studio this morning. >> he finished the race in four hours and 30 minutes and 30 seconds. that's a pretty strong showing. bill says it was a great day for the race, he said a lot of funny signs in his favor which he saw multiple times, this, you can run better than the government. >> so true. >> and that is what bill karins did. >> perfect. >> obviously seeming accomplished there in that prush. got to feel good. still ahead, president trump continuing to push for the identity of the ukraine whistle-blower to be released as the legal team offers to answer written questions from gop lawmakers. >> president renews his attacks on a decorated veteran. lieutena lieutenant colonel alexander vindman claims there will soon be more information released about vindman. we're back in a moment. about vindman. we're back in a moment opharmace. pursuing life-changing cures in a country that fosters innovation here, they find breakthroughs...

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have that colonel vindman is a never-trumper? >> we will be showing that to you real soon, okay? >> meanwhile, sources telling the "washington post" that quote the president has asked for copies of witness statements so he can decide how to criticize them, complain that his lawyers are not doing enough to stop people from talking, and even encouraged members of congress to question the credibility of people working in his own administration. >> and the president is once again calling for the identity of the ukraine whistle-blower to be made public. speaking to reporters yesterday, trump tried to discredit the whistle-blower by linking he or she to former president barack obama as well as former cia director to john brennan and national security adviser susan rice. trump also repeatedly urged the media to reveal the whistle-blower's identity. >> the whistle-blower should be revealed. because the whistle-blower gave false stories. some people would call it a fraud. i won't go that far. but when i read it closely, i

probably would. but the whistle-blower should be revealed. >> well, the president tweeted yesterday the whistle-blower got it so wrong that he must come forward. the fake news media knows who he is but being an arm of the democratic party, don't want to revial him because there would be hell to pay. reveal the whistle-blower and end the impeachment hoax. >> so an attorney for the whistle-blower tweeted over the weekend, that his client has offered to answer any written questions that republican lawmakers on the intelligence committee may have. attorney mark zaiz told cbs news he reached out to ranking member devin nunes on saturday saying his client is willing to answer questions under penalty of perjury if written questions are submitted to the whistle-blower's lawyers. zaid tells nbc news he has not received a substantive response regarding the offer but the

house minority leader kevin mccarthy said in an interview yesterday that written testimony would not be enough to satisfy republicans. >> when you're talking about the removal of the president of the united states, undoing democracy, undoing what the american public had voted for, i think that individual should come before the committee. >> president trump is also refusing to rule out the possibility of shutting down the government in the midst of the impeachment investigation. here is what he had to say yesterday. >> what a government shutdown, there is a genuine concern, that you will hold up the funding for the government because you're so upset about impeachment is, that something that could be a possibility? what do you say to that? to the american people? >> i don't think they believe that at all. but we will see what happens. these democrats only, i call them the do-nothing democrats. they are doing nothing. they are not getting usmca done. everybody wants it. even the democrats want it. they are not getting anything done. even gun, they don't talk about

guns. all they can do is talk about one phone call, made to the president of ukraine, that was perfect. it was perfect. it was a perfect phone call. and they are hanging their hat on this one phone call and you know what, the republican party has never been so unified. >> sir, will you mount a defense, will you mount a defense, sir? >> they have never been so unified. >> can you commit to no government shutdown? what do you say? >> it depends on what the negotiations. are i wouldn't commit to anything. >> the funding measure expires nover 21 which gives lawmakers until then to expand the spending bills for the fiscal year, another government shutdown would believe it or not mark the third under trump's presidency in as many years. joining us now from washington, d.c., white house and washington reporter for "politico," our good friend daniel, good to have you with us on this monday morning. >> thanks for having me. >> let's talk a little bit about the impeachment investigation

and whether or not it would come to a grinding halt if the president were to shut down the government. could that possibly and feasibly be a tactic of the president to do anything he can to slow this thing down? >> i think it is actually more like the case that he would introduce a shutdown or not really cooperate in terms of funding the government, to create a diversion. so there is an alternative story line that the media can cover, and then congress will have to fix eventually, and to try to draw attention away from the impeachment inquiry. and so that seems to be the logical play that trump might be thinking of in his head. but the impeachment inquiry would actually continue because maybe lawmakers and staffers would not get full pay, but as part of the constitutional responsibility that you have, you know, impeachment inquiries, whatever congress deems is necessary, and so that proceeds no matter, if the government is

open or not. >> it is pretty bold to use the word logical about anything to do with washington and the strategy there. but we respect that. >> it's a big leap. >> we respect that. a logical play. >> he was elected president. so you know, he must be, he must have some intelligence there in terms of political strategy. >> exactly. >> talk to us about your take on the continued attacks on colonel vindman here and also the whistle-blower, the urge of media to identify the whistle-blower and especially when it comes to colonel vindman and many lawmakers coming out and saying we will not attack the integrity of this individual or who he is and we appreciate his service to this nation. >> well, i think this is going to be a damaging play, for president trump. because republicans are not backing him up on this. and if you look at colonel vindman who served in iraq, and referred a purple heart, is a decorated veteran still serving

in the military, that is hard to, for many americans to stomach, that they don't see him as a never-trumper, i don't think trump actually has this evidence, and most people in the military are not going to be so stupid as to have signed any letters or to tweet or facebook anything about that's anti-trump, and so this is kind of a desperate attempt to take down a person who still serves in his white house, but i don't think it is going to work. >> was there some construction on set a little bit earlier? it sounded like hammering. >> they're fixing things. >> getting started. >> daniel, thank you very much. >> thanks, daniel. >> appreciate it. >> still ahead, a slew of new numbers in the race for the democratic presidential nomination, more on that and how the leading contenders match up against the president. >> elizabeth warren's medicare for all gets hammed by her rivals described as mathematical gymnastics by one and the wrong answer by another.

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promise from a computer, you might as well say 13 gazillion over the next ten, same difference. >> sorry, senator, i want to see the math on that. >> are you? >> yes, look at this here. yes. do you understand this? i do. i could explain it to you. but you'd die. >> she's so good. she is just so good. she kills it every time she does any character. >> hillary clinton's obsessions. rudy giuliani. and now elizabeth warren. >> senator warren has unveiled the details of the medicare for all plan and essentially eliminates all private insurance is fully funded and would cover every american without premium ors deductibles and there will not be quote one penny in middle class tax increases. the campaign estimates the plan would keep combined private and public health spending at just under $52 trillion. over the next decade.

and would require the federal government to absorb $20.5 trillion in new spending. now, much of the revenue burden to pay for that would be placed on businesses and the wealthy by implementing significant new taxes on the rich, corporations, and high earning investors. this includes raising her wealth tax to 6% on fortunes over $1 billion. treating capital gains for the top 1% as earned income and requiring taxes to be paid annually, imposing $2.9 trillion in new taxes on corporations and foreign earnings, and creating a new 0.1% tax on financial transactions. the plan also protects $2.3 trillion in additional revenue from stricter enforcement of existing tax laws, $400 million by overhauling the immigration system, and $400 billion, excuse me, and roughly $800 billion from ending the overseas contingency operations fund. warren also sets an ambitious goal of cutting medicare drug prices by 70% for brand name

drugs and 30% for generics, and would also cut medicare administrative overhead. while warren promises no middle class tax increases, her lan does assume a reversal of the trump tax cut, which by default would raise taxes on some middle class families. as you can imagine, several of fellow warren's democratic candidates responded to the medicare for all plan and the biden campaign says by putting forward an unleave plan, she will be left with only two choices, even further increase taxes on the middle class or break her commitment to these promised benefits of the mathematical gymnastics are geared to holding a simple truth from voters, it is impossible to pay for medicare for all without middle class tax increases. to accomplish this sleight of hand her proposal dramatically underestimates its costs and overstates the savings and inflates the revenue and

pretendance employer payroll tax is increasing somewhere else. here is. so reaction from the trail. >> i think the biggest issue i'm hearing from voters though, even above and beyond how are you going to pay for this is am i going to lose my private plan. and that's something that i just haven't heard, well, we have heard an answer, but i think it is the wrong answer, which is to take people off the private plans so even as the economists argue over the numbers and the math, i think that other part is at the top. >> what is just not true is that hers is the only solution. this is my way or the highway idea, that either you're for kicking everybody off of their private plans in four careers r four years or business as usual. i'm here as medicare for all if you want it. you can keep your private plan. i trust to you make that decision. i'm thinking for example, a lot of union members who fought and negotiated for good plans they have today, they don't want to have to abandon those plans, because washington tells them

they must do that in four years or less. it doesn't make sense. >> meanwhile, joe biden and elizabeth warren continue to fight it out for the lead of the 2020 democratic field, according to three new polls. biden at 27%. warren at 23%. and they are statistically tied in the latest nbc news "the wall street journal" poll, sitting within the five point margin of error. senator bernie sanders is up five points since september and now sits at 19%. meanwhile biden and warn are statistically tied in the newest "washington post" post abc news poll. the former vp has 28. warren has 23. up five points since september. in the six point margin of error. sanders in third place. and the fox news poll, the latest poll, biden at 31%, leading by ten points and warren at 21%, and sanders at 19. another statistical tie. in hypothetical matchups, against the president, according

to the newest nbc news, "the wall street journal" poll, both biden and warren would lead the president with 50%. trump would fair one point better against warren with 42% of support, versus 41% against biden. and in the fox news head-to-head, bide wouldn't have a 12 point advantage over the president, 51 to 39, and sanders 49 to 41 and warren, by five, 46 to 41. >> we should also mention that two candidates mayor pete buttigieg and senator cory booker will be among the big lineup of guests today on "morning joe." let's switch gears and bring in janessa for a quick check of the weather. good morning. having enjoyed fall, we feel like it is over. >> we barely had time to enjoy it. >> didn't get much of a chance. >> good fall weather, 80 to about 60. and then it seems as wer f-we're about to go to ten. >> yes, completely over for much of the nation.

up ever midwest and the midwest, it's coming for you, the chill. and cold front number one, temperatures about ten to 15 degrees below average. but the big weather story this week is going to happen wednesday afternoon. and this is that second cold front and it will drop our temperatures from montana, to bismarck, nearly 20 to 25 degrees employee average. and it will continue its trek to the midwest. across the great lakes, and the temperatures will continue to drop, along with this front, it's called a clipper system, it will cause enhanced moisture across the great lakes, where squalls persist, it is going to be the term we're looking at all week long. with that lake enhancement, it is really difficult to flock or, it is difficult to forecast how much snow in the higher elevations into new york city, but potentially up to eight inches for your laet week, along with a drop in temperatures. by friday afternoon, new york

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welcome back. another chief executive is out, after mcdonald's fired their ceo

over a consensual relationship with an employee. cnbc has more from london on this. talk to us about this situation at mcdonald's? >> that's right, big news today, in the fast food space. yesterday evening, the board of mcdonald's announced it had voted immediately to terminate the contract of the ceo steve easterbrook with immediate effects after pursuing an investigation that showed that he did have a consensual relationship with an employee of the company. there is an internal memo to employees apologizing, saying this was a mistake, given the values of the company, i agree that it is time to move on. in his place, we will see another executive take over. in the time he has been ceo, the shares of mcdonald's has doubled

and has done a good job but the incumbent faces a lot of challenges namely because of changing pace and particularly the millennial generation moving away from the fast food lifestyle. lifestyle.

and they are faced with lagging sales at other stores. >> thanks so much. great seeing you. president trump received a mix of boos and cheers saturday night as he entered madison square garden, and attended the mixed martial arts fight. trump was joined by his sons done jr. and, don jr. and eric as well as several congressional republicans and the mixed reaction came after trump was loudly booed at a world series game in washington walk, saturday was the first appearance in new york city, since announcing that he was changing his permanent residence to florida. the event also marked the first time a sitting president attended an mma event. i also found out the president has attended a sumo match in japan, so he definitely has a thing for combat sports of sorts. up next, the editor in chief of axios has a look at this morning's one big thing. coming up on "morning joe," new

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>> announcer: axios one big thing is sponsored by bp. welcome back, everyone. joining us now from washington, d.c., editor and chief for axios. give it to us, what is axios' one big thing? >> it's how impeached trump sfwhins president tru wins. he's showing how if impeached by

the house and simulate he could still win re-election, that's something unprecedented in american history. wee talking to folks and there's two things they're keeping an eye on. it's the unity of senate republicans whether they will stick together with him with any coming senate trial and the strength of the economy. the economy doing very well. recent job numbers were good, unemployment with record lows that. points to the president winning re-election, especially with the economy being that strong. among the senate republicans we're talk to, the way the narrative is beginning to shift, that they're willing to accept that president trump did all these things that the witnesses say he did but saying it's not an impeachable off. they will say it's improper but not impeachable and worthy of conviction and removal from office. and mitch mcconnell has been telling president trump to lay off attacking some of those middle of the road republicans, giving them space to breathe and criticize the administration in some ways. lindy graham's position on syria is one of the big issues on that. letting them push bag on trump

while keeping them together specifically on impeachment. we're looking at those two things coming together for an unprecedented situation where they'll be impeached, acquitted, and then re-elected in november. >> but we've seen guys like lindsey graham push back and then make an about-face on the exact thing they're pushing back on in the first place. so not sticking to it. i know president trump announced he's going to name his fifth acting homeland security secretary. what is axios reporting on the record turnover rate here? >> dig into that and we're reporting there's over a quarter of the senior officials in the homeland security are roles that are vacant. this is the fifth head in the administration. we're seeing a lot of challenges the administration has is in filling those positions and keeping them filled. they very much focused on the policy aspects of the homeland security. it's focus opened immigration,

customs, border. but dhs does cybersecurity, basic protection of dignitaries, the borders, and these are things that administration officials are pushing back on immigration and other agencies are frustrate and when that policy is being made from the white house from the president's twitter acacount, it speaks to those things and how he's struggling to fill those positions and by passing the senate. by keeping those roles active, he doesn't have to go through senate confirmation. >> here's a thing about president trump you'd be surprised to know. it appears to be that he does, in fact, read the very same news outlets that he attacks as fake on a near daily basis. what is axios reporting about how the president continues to have this media fixation? >> yeah, exact lib. the preside exactly. he announced he was canceling

his subscriptions. he still has both of those apps on his iphone. >> you're familiar with his iphone. >> he is still able to read "the new york times" and he's still tweeting about the stories. thank you. we're going dob reading axios a.m. in a bit. you can sign up at signup.axios.com. >> what kind of apps are on your phone? that does it for us on this monday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. you know the truth is anybody that these they're a great salesman, usually they're not a very good salesman. there's the water company. we sell water and we have water. trump steaks, where are the steaks? we have trump steaks if t. it's called the jewel of palm beach, it goes to my clubs. i've had it for years. anybody want